When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
HONORE DE BALZACDeath is as unexpected in his caprice as a courtesan in her disdain; but death is truer – Death has never forsaken any man.
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There are two histories : official history, lying, and then secret history, where you find the real causes of events.
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Where poverty ceases, avarice begins.
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To be happy, a man must love his wife as she chooses to be loved.
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A good husband is never the first to go to sleep at night or the last to awake in the morning.
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Women see everything or nothing according to the inclination of their hearts. Love is their sole light.
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Our greatest fears lie in anticipation.
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Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
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Memories beautify life, but the capacity to forget makes it bearable.
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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.
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We love because we love.
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A mother’s happiness is like a beacon, lighting up the future but reflected also on the past in the guise of fond memories.
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Physically, a man is a man for a much longer time than a woman is a woman.
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Like hunger, physical love is a necessity. But man’s appetite for amour is never so regular or so sustained as his appetite for the delights of the table.
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Poetry is only born after painful journeys into the vast regions of thought.
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A naked woman is less dangerous than one who spreads her skirt skillfully to cover and exhibit everything at once.
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